Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Workers-at-a-Tannery-in-Brazil-27MZIFL23A5W.htmlConceptually similarWorkers at a Tannery in BrazilGP01XCYCompleted★★★★Workers at a Tannery in BrazilGP01XCZCompleted★★★★Workers at a Tannery in BrazilGP01XD0Completed★★★★Workers at a Tannery in BrazilGP01XD2Completed★★★★Workers at a Tannery in BrazilGP01XD3Completed★★★★Workers at a Tannery in BrazilGP01XD4Completed★★★★Workers at a Tannery in BrazilGP01XD5Completed★★★★Workers at a Tannery in BrazilGP01XD6Completed★★★★Workers at a Tannery in BrazilGP01XD7Completed★★★★View AllGP01XD1Workers at a Tannery in BrazilA worker is handling hides to produce leather at a tannery in Cáceres. Hides from cattle raised on Amazonian pasture are used for well-known brand name shoes and other leather products. Greenpeace is campaigning to expose the trade of cattle raised on illegally deforested land.Locations:Amazon-America, South America-Brazil-Mato GrossoDate:8 Apr, 2009Credit:© Ricardo Funari / Lineair / GreenpeaceMaximum size:4368px X 2912pxKeywords:Day-Factories-Footwear-Forests (campaign title)-Indoors-KWCI (GPI)-Latin American and Hispanic ethnicities-Leather-Manual workers-Men-One person-Processing plantsShoot:Cattle Ranching and Meat Production in the AmazonDocumentation of livestock farms, Marfig slaughterhouse facilities and a tannery factory. Greenpeace released a report exposing the direct links between cattle ranching and deforestation in the state of Mato Grosso, the area of the Amazon with the highest rate of deforestation. Cattle ranching is the primary driver of forest destruction in the Brazilian Amazon, with 79.5 per cent of deforested land used for cattle pasture. Greenpeace is campaigning to expose the trade of cattle raised on illegally deforested land and is calling for all the companies across the world to refuse to buy products sourced from Amazon farms that have carried out illegal deforestation. It wants consumers to pressure supermarkets and other high-street brands identified in the report to clean-up supply chains by refusing to deal with such farms. After the release of the report, Marfrig announced a moratorium that prevents them from buying cattle raised in newly deforested areas within the Amazon.
